Name: Red Wine Chocolate Bundt
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16 slices
Ingredients: 3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark (or other 65% dark chocolate); 8 T. butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup white sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup dry red wine; 1 T. vanilla; 1 1/3 cups flour; 1 t. baking powder; 1/4 t. baking soda; 1/2 t. cinnamon; 1/2 t. salt; 3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark (or other 65% dark chocolate); 3 T. dry red wine; (optional) dark chocolate shavings

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The air is crisp! The mountain leaves are stunning! It’s the weekend! Do we really need a reason? Clearly not, because we’re making the cake of our dreams.

Let’s say that again: RED WINE. DARK RICH CHOCOLATE. GORGEOUS LUSCIOUS CAKE. Um, yes, drooling.

Red wine bursts from every bite of this bundt, sweetened with sinfully good dark chocolate and just a kiss of cinnamon. If you have a reason to celebrate, this cake will rise to the occasion, but there’s no reason it can’t be a quick just-because treat too. All of this to say: don’t wait!

Gorgeously luscious bundt cake bursting with red wine, sinfully good dark chocolate, & just a kiss of cinnamon. For special celebrations or just because!

Grab a red wine that’s on the dry side, nothing fancy, but one you’ll enjoy with a slice of cake. This is a late-evening adults-sipping-cocktails kind of dessert, definitely not for your neighbor’s three-year-old’s birthday party: the wine in the glaze isn’t cooked out at all so there’s a good touch of alcohol in it.

And please, don’t skip buttering & flouring your bundt pan! Sticky batter needs to ‘grip’ the flour to fully rise in the pan, and butter will help it release cleanly.

Cheers to just-because cakes!

Red Wine Chocolate Bundt

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Cool Time

30 mins

Total Time

45 mins

Gorgeously luscious bundt cake bursting with red wine, sinfully good dark chocolate, & just a kiss of cinnamon. For special celebrations or just because!

Course: Cakes & Pies

Cuisine: American

Servings: 16 slices

Calories: 224 kcal

Recipe: Mountain Cravings

Ingredients

3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark or other 65% dark chocolate
8 T. butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup dry red wine
1 T. vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt

Glaze

3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark or other 65% dark chocolate
3 T. dry red wine
(optional) dark chocolate shavings

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F / 165°C.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler, then set aside to cool.
Cream the butter and sugars in a stand mixer on medium speed, or by hand.
Beat in the egg, then beat in cooled chocolate, red wine, & vanilla.
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, & salt to the bowl. Slowly fold dry ingredients into the batter just until combined.
Pour batter into a well-greased, floured bundt pan.
Bake at 325°F / 165°C for 25-30 minutes, until a knife in the center comes out clean.
Cool cake in the pan for 15 minutes, then flip onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Glaze

Melt chocolate in a double boiler, then remove from heat. Whisk in red wine until smooth.
Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Immediately top with dark chocolate shavings, if using.
Let set for at least 15 minutes before slicing, or overnight.

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